USDA conducting survey for 2012 argiculture census

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is currently conducting a survey of Washington landowners. Known as the National Agricultural Classification Survey, this form is used to identify farms and ranches for the 2012 Census of Agriculture. For the Census, a farm is any place that produces, or normally produces, $1,000 of agricultural products annually. Over 275,000 landowners in Washington with at least half an acre of land will receive the form.

Washington State Director David Knopf says, "Participation in the National Agricultural Classifi...